Card-holder.



F. A. NEUMANN.

CARD HOLDER.

APPLICATION man 11111115.1914.

1,209,193. 1, Patented Dee. 19,1916.

CARD-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec.

1a, raie.

Application led May 5, 1914. Serial No. 836,492.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK A. NEUMANN, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Card-Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a card holder for use inholding cards or tickets in position so that they can be individuallyremoved when desired.

The invention contemplates, among other features, the provision of acard or ticket holder particularly adapted for use in railway mail carsfor holding a number of tickets or cards which are placed upon orsecured in the usual way to a member carried on the mail bag and whichcard or ticket indicates the destination of the mail bag.

The device is so arranged and constructed that a large number of ticketscan be conveniently arranged thereon and individually removed when theyare to be used, the removal of the cards being quickly accomplished,thus not only saving time in obtaining and applying the cards but alsokeeping the cards in a flat condition so that they will retain theirstiffness and can be readily slipped into the usual holder attached to amail bag.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference'is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, inwhich similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in allthe views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the card holder; Fig. 2 is a rearelevation; Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view; and Fig. 4is a fragmentary vertical transverse sectional view.

Referring more particularly to the views, I provide a substantiallyU-shaped frame l0 preferably formed of sheet metal and having sides 11thereof formed with vertical slots 12, the said sides being channelshaped in cross section to provide front and rear guides 13 betweenwhich a series of curved plate springs are held in relative position bykthe guides 18 to eXert a lifting power on a channel shaped plate 15which is mounted in the frame and has lugs 16 projecting from its endsand passing through the slots 12, the said lugs terminating in lateralears 17. Thebottom 18 of the frame'lO is of a shape similar to the plate15 and the end of thelowermost spring engages and is seated in thebottom 18, whereas the end of the uppermost spring engages the underside ofv the plate 15, as shown.

Projecting towa rd each other from the upper ends of the frame 10 are aplurality of opposed stopV members 19 which limit the upward movement ofthe plate 15, acted upon by the springs. 14, the said stop membershaving their front edges 20 spaced from the upper ends of the frontguides 13, ,thus providing slots ,21. Apertured lugs 22 are secured tothe rear of the frame for the purpose of securing the device to theywall, but it will lbe understood that some other attaching means can' beemployed, such as a spring-like clip 23 secured to the rear of theframe, and which clip can be used for securing the device to a table orthe like.

In the use of the device, when it is desired to fill the same with anumber of tickets or cards, a batch of the cards is placed upon the stopmembers19 and a downward pressure is exerted on the medial portion ofthe top card, thus pressing the edges of the cards downwardly beyond thestop members so that the cards will be arranged upon the movable plate15. Upon releasing the downward pressure the expansion of the liftsprings will cause the plate to `move upwardly so that the uppermostcard willl abut against the underside of the stop members and thus thecards will be held in position for use. It will be noted that theuppermost card alines with theslots 2l, and thus when the operatordesires to remove the card he simply places his finger on the uppermostcard and, pulling outwardly thereon, removes the card through the slots.The removal of the card causes the plate 15, acted upon by the springs,to move upwardly so that the face of the next card will abut against theunder side of the stop members vand this card will then be ready to beremoved from the holder. Therefore it will be seen that with a device ofthe character described each time that one card is removed another willbe arranged in position for removal and the cards, when held in theholder, will be prevented from becoming creased or having their edgesbroken or torn, while at the same time the cards can be quickly removedwhen desired.

As mentioned heretofore, the device is, particularly adaptable for usein mail cars to' hold the cards generally used on mail'b'ags to indioatethedestination thereof, although it will be understood that Vthe cardholder can be adapted for various other purposes. HavingY thus describedmy invention, l.

Vclaim In a device ofthe class described, in combination, a pair ofupright channel-shaped members forming the corner sides ofV aV YframefaVbottom member having four fiangesengaging the inner sides of saidChannel-shaped members, a pair of angle iron Ystop members secured attheupper end of leach channel-shaped member to provideV horizontalstrips, thertwo sides of the channel-shaped member at the front of thebottom member being' reduced in length with their upper edges arrangedbelowr the planeV of said horizontal strips, a channel-shaped Copies ofthis patent may be obtainedV for Vplate 4adaptedto Contact slidably withthe Y sides of said channel-shaped members, and a series of lat'leafsprings oppositely arched 'With their ends and center alternately conitacting, said Channel-shaped plate resting upon the uppermost Vofsaidsprings, the

Vgreater part of the edges of said ilat springs ln testimony whereof laffix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK A. NEUMANN.

Vitnesses:

WiL'LIAM F. MURRAY, KATHERINE C. BURKE.

five cents each, by addressing thecommissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

